Kodafix solution blast from the past

I went to pick up some fixer for film yesterday. Last time I needed

this, I purchased Polymax T Fixer concentrate in a silver plastic

quart bottle, but now in this size it appears to be repackaged as

Kodafix solution in a white translucent plastic bottle -- no mystery

there. (It is still called Polymax T when sold in a 1 gal. collapsible

box.)

 

What caught my attention is the vintage text on the otherwise © 2003

label. On the front it says it is for "Films, Plates, and Papers", and

on the back it gives special fixing times for Panatomic-X and the

fixing capacity as 120 rolls of 620 film or equivalent per gallon.

 

I had a vaguely warm and fuzzy feeling for hours.

I've always thought they were the same thing, just a different bottle.

"I've always thought they were the same thing, just a different bottle."

 

Yes, they are the same thing. It was the cut-and-paste of vintage text on to the new label emphasizing items more common 30+ years ago (glass plates, Panatomic-X, and spools of 620 film) that I enjoyed. Perhaps they just updated the copyright on an old label.

I noticed the label as well. It was annoying trying to determine the film capacity of 1 liter of Kodafix when they use rolls of 620 film as an example.